ICL Group - Defined Benefit section. For more information regarding your pension please read the scheme booklet. The ICL Group Pension Plan - DB section has been the main pension plan for the company since 1988, of which the majority of employees would have been part of.
A meta-analysis of 13 trials involving more than 90,000 patients found that statin use increases the overall absolute risk of developing diabetes mellitus by 0.39% (number needed to harm = 255) over four years.
This patient, free of vascular risk factors, would be well within goal with a low-density lipoprotein of 106 mg/dL. Therefore, there is no indication for initiating statin therapy in this patient, at any dose, for low-density lipoprotein reduction.Finally, despite their seemingly ubiquitous use, it is important to remain cognizant of the substantial costs and potential risks associated with statin treatment.he opinions expressed in this article are not necessarily those of the editors or of the American Heart Association. This article is Part 2 of a 3-part article. Parts 1 and 3 appear on pages 1992 and 1996, respectively.